Lionsgate Looks To Replicate ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Success With Canadian Comedy ‘Son Of A Critch’ Starring Mark Critch, Malcolm McDowell & Benjamin Evan Ainsworth
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deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has teamed with Canadian broadcaster CBC to bring comedy series Son of a Critch to the U.S.
and the world.The 13-part series comes from Schitt’s Creek producer Andrew Barnsley and comedian Mark Critch, and Lionsgate is hoping that it can replicate the success of the Emmy-winning Canadian comedy, which it brought to the U.S.
via Pop TV.Lionsgate will handle U.S. and international distribution rights.The half-hour series is based on Critch’s memoir Son of a Critch: A Childish Newfoundland Memoir and he will star alongside Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Rankin and newcomers Sophia Powers and Mark Rivera.Son of a Critch, which has just started production, is the story of 11-year-old Mark coming of age in
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